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.. image:: docs/imgs/logo.png
:alt: bolt-in-nut logo
threadlib is a library of standard threads for OpenSCAD. It is based on Helges
threadlib is a library of standard threads for `OpenSCAD
<https://www.openscad.org>`__. It is based on Helges
excellent `threadprofile.scad
<https://github.com/MisterHW/IoP-satellite/tree/master/OpenSCAD%20bottle%20threads>`__
to create nice threads with lead-in / lead-out tapers. Check out his `article on
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<https://hackaday.io/page/5252-generating-nice-threads-in-openscad>`__ on
Hackaday.
In contrast to other thread libraries, threadlib does not make you look up
diameters and pitches and maybe even thread-profiles in tables and norms: It has
these tables built in.
In contrast to other thread libraries such as `openscad-threads
<http://dkprojects.net/openscad-threads/>`__, `yet another thread library
<https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2277141>`__, 'threads for screws and nuts V1
<https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3131126>`__, and `threading.scad
<https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1659079>`__, threadlib does not make you look
up diameters and pitches and maybe even thread-profiles in tables and norms: It
has these tables built in.
Creating a thread is as simple as
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.. image:: docs/imgs/bolt-M4.png
:alt: Bolt with M4 thread
See these nice lead-in / lead-outs? Try a nut (this time using the default
See these nice lead-in / lead-out tapers? Try a nut (this time using the default
argument for higbee_arc):
.. code-block:: OpenSCAD
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Change Log
===========================
- 0.2: Metric threads, PCO-1881
- 0.1: Initial release supporting BSP parallel thread
- 0.2: `Metric threads <http://mdmetric.com/tech/M-thead%20600.htm>`__, `PCO-1881 <https://www.bevtech.org/assets/Committees/Packaging-Technology/20/3784253-20.pdf>`__
- 0.1: Initial release supporting `BSP parallel thread
<https://www.amesweb.info/Screws/British-Standard-Pipe-Parallel-Thread-BSPP.aspx>`__